PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Sample Output H3
Sit accusam tincidunt ut. Imperdiet odio tincidunt no sea clita rebum id erat labore lorem in dolor est gubergren doming gubergren. Dolore sadipscing rebum dolor et gubergren lobortis ut ut diam elitr eos est et et tempor elitr. Ut rebum eum takimata dolor duis eu amet liber no. Et consetetur dolor vulputate. Hendrerit vero diam.
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Sample Output H4
Wisi elitr consequat amet gubergren et rebum minim suscipit sit dolor aliquyam dolor vero id vero. Rebum diam est. Sed eirmod ipsum nihil vel lorem duo consequat vulputate facilisis in dolore blandit eirmod iusto elitr sea. Placerat sanctus autem aliquip assum dolore tincidunt lorem gubergren te lorem justo eu stet illum dolor. Lorem vel et dolore et doming amet justo. Luptatum sed ipsum invidunt tempor qui aliquyam delenit sed lorem et sea elit et justo duo diam sea.
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Sample Output H4
Aliquyam dolor elitr justo vel enim et at esse ipsum aliquyam dolor clita. Lorem vulputate erat sanctus duo ipsum dolore duis duis diam wisi dolor clita lorem est dolor ut ipsum. Vulputate nobis no exerci et nonumy laoreet dolor sit et duis vel amet in. In dolores labore invidunt. Ipsum sea erat ut et odio possim accusam erat. Et ea ea. Accusam tation duo sit takimata commodo sit amet et amet clita labore et. Dolores amet esse stet lorem sadipscing sit dolor labore. Voluptua ea blandit commodo iriure magna sed dolor erat feugait ipsum sanctus vero amet sed illum no. Et aliquam et lorem. Clita lorem ut dolore clita clita nonumy vero iriure vero lobortis sed accusam labore erat ut consetetur.
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Sample Output H3
Justo et invidunt sit dolore diam dolore sed augue amet rebum ipsum duis sed ipsum tincidunt. Duo diam erat consetetur sadipscing vel consetetur invidunt et sanctus quis sadipscing sea dolore ea illum dolor sed. Voluptua wisi sed elitr lorem. Eos kasd dolor sadipscing diam magna ea invidunt sed justo duo consequat et. Possim sadipscing sadipscing ea et dolores ut est ut volutpat augue tempor et dolores ut odio diam amet at. Justo molestie ut sadipscing diam sit dolore eos. Iriure magna sit sed. Gubergren et voluptua vel at eirmod ipsum erat nonummy diam no.
Lorem ea et erat nonumy no et amet est sea lorem esse et. Clita voluptua gubergren velit nihil sit aliquyam illum justo lorem. Accusam tempor est clita sanctus sea congue sed eos et possim et. Voluptua eros feugait nonumy sed takimata takimata sadipscing no cum vulputate eum volutpat suscipit praesent. Nihil veniam gubergren at consequat ut dolore kasd vero ipsum amet. Nihil sadipscing consequat elitr accusam.
Sample Output H4
Invidunt ipsum feugait placerat kasd iriure dolore clita. Duis diam sea duo dolor option consetetur ipsum vero vel nonummy et nonumy amet. Aliquyam nostrud takimata magna et dolore dolore et ipsum dolor aliquyam eos tempor vero eos. Eirmod voluptua et elit ipsum accumsan amet lorem ipsum eu praesent. Eos tempor invidunt. Lorem nonumy veniam qui esse ipsum dolor aliquam sit.
Et et et takimata erat amet amet diam. Et ipsum et aliquyam no lorem kasd gubergren et dolor et eleifend clita gubergren. Tincidunt feugiat odio. Duo no wisi rebum diam lorem aliquyam tempor elitr consetetur possim ut nostrud aliquyam luptatum duis sit stet et. Vel tempor autem clita ipsum facer est exerci enim ut veniam et. Sed odio consetetur et accumsan vulputate invidunt rebum et vero et.
Sample Output H4
Tempor vel magna ipsum justo wisi no gubergren cum eu te. No invidunt ipsum sed tempor consequat nulla vero sanctus sit consetetur odio elitr. Sanctus justo lorem ut stet hendrerit eros gubergren invidunt lorem sea sed consectetuer amet takimata. Quod est et eirmod eirmod lorem eirmod et nihil eirmod elitr liber sanctus et. Nostrud consequat tincidunt no hendrerit clita eirmod cum duo est lorem. Nostrud aliquyam no ut zzril. Justo sed et et eirmod diam ut luptatum sed duo voluptua illum et est et sed sit ea.
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More Sample Output H2
Sadipscing tincidunt dolor autem esse clita magna kasd. Iusto dolores lorem eirmod consetetur et. Rebum dolores ipsum aliquyam consequat sed euismod nonumy eirmod sed stet et. Stet et eos kasd sed iriure in vel. Amet eirmod et et kasd amet justo et velit kasd. Eirmod et lorem clita mazim vero duo lorem aliquyam et at ipsum et ipsum. Esse iriure te vero sit amet dolores consequat et ea et.
Sed ipsum molestie vero. Et est ipsum ea consetetur justo suscipit et hendrerit no nonumy. Nonumy nonummy rebum quis consetetur at kasd stet quis diam clita exerci diam et sit labore labore sea. Takimata consequat sit ipsum. Duo invidunt et facilisi et iriure takimata aliquam dolor dolor facilisis ipsum nisl. Dolor amet iusto clita kasd erat invidunt diam sed sed in et ipsum illum ipsum congue.
Sample Output H3
Ut feugiat duis sea nonumy est diam ea accusam eu. Tincidunt diam eum duis eirmod. Et volutpat at invidunt. Magna clita te elitr sit nonumy hendrerit eos ipsum dolor duo rebum enim sed esse eirmod nonumy duo est. Vero laoreet voluptua vel eirmod ipsum nobis ea eos velit diam sed voluptua et erat ut et. Est dolor sed dolor rebum dolores takimata voluptua erat accumsan eirmod. Eum tempor et diam amet feugait. Vero et dolor sanctus tincidunt labore et justo at magna magna sed esse.
Rebum lorem nonumy diam sadipscing no augue. Justo sadipscing commodo lorem diam ullamcorper sea justo dolore at dolore takimata sit dolor quis nihil autem sit. Amet et sed sit euismod labore eirmod et lorem. Suscipit molestie elitr erat sea dolore minim diam labore diam nonummy vel dignissim et. Et duis amet sed accumsan gubergren clita sit id facilisis.
Sample Output H4
Veniam et et dolor ipsum sea molestie et no euismod erat. Ipsum dolor dolore consectetuer et sanctus invidunt consequat ea illum vero lorem veniam euismod sadipscing. Aliquyam esse ad. Ea dolor sit est ut at vulputate tincidunt duo. Elitr stet vel takimata no eos eirmod aliquyam autem in clita kasd ipsum hendrerit lorem sit no. Dolore eum minim odio no lorem vero sanctus sit dolores ipsum sit lorem kasd amet vulputate veniam eu.
Labore et ipsum amet consetetur erat stet est mazim elitr est labore elit ad. Hendrerit minim dolore lobortis. Gubergren esse labore diam ex et nonumy ex doming amet amet. Dolor est vero facilisis eum clita dolore veniam. Esse eu elitr. Diam nihil enim accusam consetetur vero diam vero rebum eirmod magna. Eum lorem consetetur diam accusam feugait iriure elitr tempor at. Iriure kasd amet lobortis no nonumy diam nostrud sanctus.
Sample Output H4
Vero volutpat hendrerit sed. At sed facilisis duo dolores sadipscing dolor augue sit enim et. Amet diam amet takimata sit duo voluptua gubergren ipsum hendrerit magna ut nisl consetetur sed tempor dolores. Sadipscing blandit sed sed duo luptatum tation tation dolore option ea. Sea sed et et dolore et eu esse nonumy praesent no illum lorem aliquip erat. Aliquyam in commodo no amet dolor no takimata aliquyam. Sanctus labore sit nostrud voluptua iriure eum ea. Lorem invidunt magna tation sadipscing hendrerit dolor voluptua euismod aliquyam euismod et augue ullamcorper. Amet justo dolor est.
Sit elitr iriure aliquyam gubergren sit ipsum augue no ea eirmod velit takimata vero. Elit magna sadipscing duo luptatum delenit et consectetuer. Et sadipscing duis et quis sanctus delenit ut clita sed ipsum euismod lobortis. Duo enim consetetur mazim et volutpat lorem et at. Accusam dolor eirmod magna invidunt est et duo tincidunt et sit dolores amet aliquyam ut ipsum lorem erat sanctus. Dolore ea voluptua justo sea erat eos et praesent et ut blandit amet. Consectetuer volutpat duo at est ullamcorper sit ut. Assum velit gubergren magna stet exerci dolor eu diam tempor gubergren diam takimata accusam molestie nulla et.
Sample Output H3
Ut nostrud et kasd ipsum duo no ipsum. Erat euismod est ea ipsum gubergren ullamcorper et tation lorem in. In gubergren delenit magna tincidunt tempor diam sit magna nonumy. Nonumy nihil illum nostrud est at duo stet amet et. Dolor zzril dolore amet elitr erat eu. Est nibh nonumy sanctus vel sadipscing dolor. Ut eu vel diam aliquam qui labore et dolor.
Invidunt sea facilisi at at feugait feugait rebum rebum elit vel consetetur dolore stet kasd sed. Lorem elitr tempor et eleifend stet eos rebum ipsum dolore takimata dolor nulla et sed voluptua rebum magna clita. Ipsum et delenit eirmod clita nonumy sit eos et laoreet gubergren dolore sed. Dolores consetetur aliquyam. Ut rebum sadipscing ipsum aliquyam hendrerit molestie. Ut volutpat eirmod dolores labore sit et elitr et esse diam lorem lobortis vero ut sea vulputate.
Sample Output H4
Ad eos gubergren amet ut aliquyam sit dolore dolores eirmod wisi. Tempor justo illum dolor ipsum lobortis nisl eirmod no stet ipsum lorem sit amet aliquyam vero takimata dolor. Exerci diam clita. Labore no duo ipsum nam et ipsum et lorem et laoreet diam ea eos vero justo lorem justo. Adipiscing amet sanctus est molestie labore ea consetetur lorem aliquam lorem.
Dolor amet dolor rebum magna sit. Odio nonumy nihil diam takimata vero gubergren amet dolor labore erat magna nonumy magna velit eos et lorem. Ipsum sea facilisi sit magna amet est et eos. Te tincidunt nonumy odio et ut et odio suscipit ut clita quod amet elitr justo lorem et. Magna kasd accusam magna no duo. Elitr rebum diam kasd sit dolor lorem invidunt sit voluptua sed in nulla et sit vel accusam et. Dolore te sea ea. Feugait sed ex dolor nostrud dolores ipsum illum esse ut sed accusam eirmod aliquyam diam ea delenit nisl eirmod. Nostrud ea ad lorem ut ipsum. Est eos consectetuer et labore praesent voluptua facilisi duo volutpat nonumy sadipscing feugiat sed dolor tempor ipsum sadipscing voluptua.
Sample Output H4
Commodo placerat et eirmod et minim eirmod dolor et sit te ipsum et sadipscing dolore ipsum dolor sadipscing justo. Eu no euismod sadipscing ipsum sed iusto. Sed feugait clita gubergren lorem justo et ex minim dolores ea sit duo ipsum tempor accumsan. Consetetur nostrud justo eum et dolor amet molestie. Duo velit clita te suscipit voluptua sea. Magna eos labore adipiscing vel dolor ea aliquyam voluptua sit sanctus accusam ipsum sit justo est. Lobortis zzril ipsum no facilisis eos amet vero clita. Ut molestie et tation nonumy sadipscing ut sit eum vulputate consetetur.
Dolor dolor kasd sit eirmod labore. Et amet sea dolor. Kasd sanctus takimata invidunt sit nonumy clita et sit ad eros dolore at justo sed rebum et. Vel aliquip invidunt labore sit vero wisi accusam takimata et duo. Aliquip amet vero ullamcorper erat tempor diam magna eum. Eleifend invidunt nisl lobortis sea dolor vero adipiscing takimata nulla illum. Consetetur kasd justo voluptua eirmod et. Erat kasd facer magna te clita eum kasd amet consetetur.